In July 2007, the Los Angeles Times reported that 45% of all foreign militants targeting U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians and security forces are from Saudi Arabia; 15% are from Syria and Lebanon; and 10% are from North Africa. 50% of all Saudi fighters in Iraq come as suicide bombers. In the last six months, such bombings have killed or injured 4,000 Iraqis.[36] According to a U.S. military press briefing on October 20, 2005, 312 foreign nationals from 27 different countries had been captured in Iraq from April to October 2005.[37] This represents a component of the Iraqi resistance movement, which also includes a nationalist movement encompassing over 30 Shia and Sunni militias. Foreign Insurgents captured in Iraq in the 7-month period April–October 2005:
Egypt - 78
Syria - 66
Sudan - 41
Saudi Arabia - 32 U.S. - 15
Iran - 13
Palestine - 12 Libya - 7
Turkey - 6
Lebanon - 3
India - 2
Quatar - 2
Others - 14
In terms of reliability, Wikipedia, home of the leftist brigade and assembled by anonymous people of dubious expertise and ideology, takes a distinct last place (way lower than the Guardian, MSNBC or CSIS) relative to a West Point report assembled with data from GI's in the field.